Curtain-pole support.



G. W. LOWE.

CURTAIN POLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13, 1914.

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TINTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE W. LOWE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALE TO ROBERT WALLACE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN-POLE surron'r.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE TV. Lown, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supports for ourtain poles and its object is to provide in connection with a device of this kind novel and improved means for elevating the curtain pole to its seat and for disengaging the a lication of the invention and Fi 2 is PP a z: o

pole and lowering the same.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the a side elevation thereof.

Referring specifically, to the drawing, 5 denotes a pole designed to hold a curtain, the latter not being shown. The pole is supported at its ends by brackets, each of which latter comprises a metal strip 6 having a doubled intermediate portion 7 which is bent outward and upward to form a seat for the pole. The strip has perforations to receive screws or other fastenings 8 whereby it is secured to the window frame or other part. One part of the doubled portion of the strip extends in a curve from the main body of the strip, as indicated at 9, on which curved portion the pole seats, and the other part of the doubled portion extends downward at an inclination, as indicated at 10, to the bottom portion of the strip. Above the curved seat 9 the two doubled portions extend upward and outward at an inclination. The strip 6, near its upper end, carries a bracket 11 in which is ournaled a pulley 12 over which passes a hoisting line 13. One end of this line extends downward from the pulley and is made fast to the pole 5, and the other end of the line extends downward in a loop and is also made fast to the pole. Thus, it will be seen that a pull on the looped end of the line lifts the pole out of the seat 9, and upon releasing the line, the pole lowers. By this operation the pole may also be elevated. Both ends of the pole are provided with a hoisting device. The seat 9 is provided with a guard 14: for retaining the pole 5. This Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented N 0v, 3, 1914.

Application filed April 13, 1914. Serial No. 831,510

by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The pole is elevated until it slips past the free end of the guard, whereupon the latter drops down back to its normal position, in which posi- The length of the, loop. is

tion it is inclined downward from the strip 6. The pole may now be lowered, and it Wlll clear the parts 7 by sliding down the guard. When the pole is being elevated to its seat and it reaches the incline 10, it

slides upward along the same until it strikes the projecting end of the guard, whereupon the guard is swung upward, and when the pole clears the outer end of the parts 7 and the hoisting line 13 is released, the pole drops into the seat 9 back of the parts 7, and the guard drops down to its normal position. The action of the guard is therefore entirely automatic, and the pole can be raised or lowered by simply operating the line 13.

I claim:

1. The combination with a curtain pole; of a seat for the pole having an upstanding part in front thereof, a pivoted guard member above the seat, said member normally seating on the extremity of the upstanding part and projecting therefrom, and a hoisting device connected to the pole.

2. The combination with a curtain pole; of a seat for the pole having an upstanding part in front thereof, a pivoted guard member above the seat, said membernormally seating on the extremity ofthe upstanding part and projecting therefrom and when thus seated having an upward inclination from the upstanding part, and a hoisting device connected to the pole.

3. The combination with a curtain pole; of a seat for the pole having an upstanding part in front thereof and an incline leading to said part, a pivoted guard member above the seat, said member normally seating on the extremity of the upstanding part and projecting therefrom, and a hoisting device connected to the pole.

In testimony whereof I a-flix my signature 1n presence of two Witnesses.

CLARENCE W. LOWE.

nected to the pole.

Witnesses:

ROBERT WALLACE, H. G. BATOI-IELOR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

